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Tag Archives: South Street Landing
Prov’s halfway to Houston
Those who are running Providence these days should realize that a beautiful city can become an ugly city. It will not happen at once, but it is likely to happen before most people notice it, and too late to be … Continue reading
RISD rides to 195 rescue
Governor Raimondo has invited the Rhode Island School of Design to help bring more innovation to the I-195 corridor. She has also hired the state’s first chief innovation officer, former CIA wonk Richard Culatta, who will work in splendid isolation … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Architecture Education, Architecture History, Art and design, Development, Providence, Rhode Island, Urbanism and planning
Tagged design, Gina Raimondo, I-195 Redevelopment District, Innovation, Jewelry District, Knowledge District, Planning, Providence RI, Richard Culatta, RISD, South Street Landing, Wexford Science & Technology
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Garage design in Providence
So the most shovel-ready modernist abomination in Providence is apparently about to begin construction. Maybe it’s not too late to redesign the garage so that it fits into its setting. It is right next to a neoclassical power plant being … Continue reading
Rhode Island turning point
Rhode Island is at a turning point. Going forward it can encourage new development that strengthens its brand of beauty or it can throw away a competitive advantage by allowing developers to build projects that will transform the Ocean State … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art and design, Development, I-195 Redevelopment District, Photography, Preservation, Providence, Rhode Island, Urbanism and planning
Tagged I-195 Redevelopment District, India Point Park, Machine Age, Neurobiology, RI Welcome Center, South Street Landing, Thermostat Age
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Redesign this awful garage!
The proposed garage above is part of a project that is to feature a Rhode Island state nursing school housed in a Beaux-Arts former electric plant. South Street Landing, as the project is known, will also have offices for Brown … Continue reading
